Classroom Connect’s Summer 2005 Connected Newsletter

 

Lesson Plan Goldmines, p. 3

Alaska Science Explained: Let’s Make a Rocket

http://www.alaskascience.com/rocketmain.htm

 

University of Saskatchewan: Social Studies

http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/sslp.htm

 

National Museum of Wildlife Art

http://www.wildlifeart.org/Education/Curriculum.cfm

 

Reeko’s Mad Scientist Lab

http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/

 

Storytelling Lesson Plans and Activities

http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/

 

Cover Story, pp 4–6

American Museum of Natural History

http://www.amnh.org

 

Smithsonian Institution

http://www.si.edu

 

The Franklin Institute Online

http://www.fi.edu

 

NASA

http://www.nasa.gov

 

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com

 

Discover Magazine

http://www.discover.com

 

Zoo Tycoon

http://www.microsoft.com/games/zootycoon

 

A.D.A.M

http://www.adam.com

 

Cool Science

http://www.netl.doe.gov/coolscience/index.html

 

National Museum of American History

americanhistory.si.edu/

 

The Library of Congress: American Memory

memory.loc.gov/ammem/

 

Museum of Afro-American History

http://www.afroammuseum.org/

 

Age of Empires

http://www.microsoft.com/games/empires

 

Oregon Trail

http://www.broderbund.com

 

Mathematical Quotations Server

http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html

 

Math in Daily Life

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath

 

The Squid

http://www.the-squid.com

 

Pomegranate Words

http://www.pomegranatewords.com/

 

Cyber Teens

http://cyberteens.com/cr

 

ReadWriteThink

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=159

 

LOGAL High School Science Gateways

http://www.riverdeep.net/products/logal/chem_gateways_series.jhtml

 

Interactive Physics

http://www.interactivephysics.com/

 

Gnarly Math

http://www.gnarlymath.com/

 

Geometer's Sketchpad

http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/

 

Inspiration

http://www.inspiration.com/

 

Math Feature, p. 7

Varnelle Moore’s Primary Math Activities

mathforum.org/varnelle/index.html

 

Sleuths on the Loose

pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/bodymath/bodymath.html

 

Wacky Ruler

pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/measurement/index.html

 

FunBrain: Measure It!

http://www.funbrain.com/measure

 

Estimating Metric Length

http://www.hbschool.com/elab/act_3_25.html

 

Estimating Customary Length

http://www.hbschool.com/elab/act_3_24.html

 

Area Explorer

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/perm/index.html

 

Perimeter Explorer

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/permarea/index.html

 

Shape Explorer

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/perimeter/index.html

 

Rectangle: Area, Perimeter, Length, and Width

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/carvell/rectperim/RectPerim2.html

 

Rearranging the Furniture

http://www.studyworksonline.com/cda/content/explorations/0,,NAV2-95_SEP1755,00.shtml

 

Cubes

illuminations.nctm.org/tools/tool_detail.aspx?id=6

 

Flowing Through Mathematics

illuminations.nctm.org/tools/tool_detail.aspx?id=16

 

Surface Area and Volume

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/sa_volume/index.html

 

Three-Dimensional Box Applet

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/carvell/3dbox/default.html

 

Fill and Pour

matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_273_g_4_t_4.html

 

How High?

matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_275_g_4_t_4.html

 

Virtual Manipulative: Converting Units

matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_272_g_4_t_4.html

 

Unit Converter

http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter

 

Convert Within the Metric System

http://www2.whidbey.net/ohmsmath/webwork/javascript/metconnm.html

 

Star Gazing

pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/anglemeasurement/anglemeasurement.html

 

Angles Game

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year6/angles/home.asp

 

What’s My Angle?

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

 

Feature Story, Internet2, pp 8–9

Penn University Internet2

www.upenn.edu/computing/penngetsit/academic/internet2.html

 

MAGPI Power Networking

www.magpi.org

 

ResearchChannel

www.researchchannel.org

 

Streaming Video Resources

http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/video2.html

 

Internet2 K20 Initiative

http://k20.internet2.edu/index

 

K20 Initiative

http://science.internet2.edu/remote.html

 

Raven Distance Learning Project

www.aviary.org/edu/raven.php

 

Smithsonian American Art Museum

http://americanart.si.edu/education/virtualtour.cfm

 

Operation Montserrat

www.nssc.co.uk/e-mission

 

Exploratorium’s I2 Gateway

www.exploratorium.edu/i2

 

Microscope Imaging Station

www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station

 

Read Across America

www.nea.org/readacross

 

Jason Foundation for Education

www.jasonproject.org/home.htm

 

Lewis and Clark Series

http://ali.apple.com/lewisandclark

 

Cleveland Museum of Art

www.clevelandart.org/educef/distance/HTML/index.html

 

Cleveland Institute of Music

www.cim.edu/dlAbout.php

 

SeaTrek

http://seatrek.org

 

Global I2 Megaconference Jr.

http://megaconferencejr.cciu.org/overview.html

 

Megaconference

http://www.megaconference.org

 

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

www.cilc.org/default.aspx

 

TWICE

www.twice.cc

 

Destinations, pp 10–11

Monstrous Dragons

http://dragons.monstrous.com/index.htm

 

The Serene Dragon

http://www.theserenedragon.net/home.html

 

The Circle of the Dragon

http://www.blackdrago.com/index.html

 

Dragon Tales

http://pbskids.org/dragontales/index.html

 

Dragons

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/dragons.htm

 

Wikipedia: Dragons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon

 

The Dragon Stone

http://www.polenth.demon.co.uk

 

Dragon Artwork and Information

http://sommerland.org

 

Urban Dragons

http://www.urbandragons.com

 

[page 11]

Mythical Origins

http://www.polenth.demon.co.uk/myth/typeori.html

 

What is a Dragon?

http://www.polenth.demon.co.uk/myth/esswhat.html

 

Types of Mythological Dragons

http://www.polenth.demon.co.uk/myth/typemyth.html

 

Dragon Species

http://www.blackdrago.com/species.htm

 

European Dragon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dragon

 

Dragons of the West

http://www.orderofthewhitelion.com/theelements@/Dragons/West.Dragons.html

 

Physiology of a Dragon

http://www.draconian.com/body/body.htm

 

Dragons

http://www.trf.se/rpg/changeling/chimera/dragons.htm

 

Chinese Dragons

http://www.crystalinks.com/chinadragons.html

 

Eastern Dragons

http://www.orderofthewhitelion.com/theelements@/Dragons/East.Dragons.html

 

Real Dragons

http://www.polenth.demon.co.uk/other/typerep.html

 

The Dragons of Komodo

http://www.zoo.org/komodo/index.html

 

Dragonflies

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/vines/8983/dragonflies/dragonfl.html

 

Leafy Sea Dragons

http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_se/rrh_rocky_leafy.asp

 

Dragons

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/dragon.shtml

 

Elements of Fantasy

http://www.richland2.org/ne/kidlitmuseum_fantasy.html

 

Dragons: A Selected Bibliography for Children

http://www.bpl.org/kids/booklists/dragons.htm

 

Dragons in Children’s Literature

http://www.ferrum.edu/thanlon/dragons/

 

Dragon Clipart

http://www.sewnstuff.net/designs/dragons/SNSDragons.html

 

A+Web Gallery, pp 12–13

Astronomy for Kids

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html

 

Absurd Math

http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/

 

The @rt Room

http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/

 

Common Molecules

http://www.reciprocalnet.org/edumodules/commonmolecules/index.html

 

Julia’s Rainbow Corner

http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/

 

Manipula Math with Java

http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/

 

National Film Board for Kids

http://nfbkids.ca/

 

Royal Ontario Museum: Kids

http://www.rom.on.ca/explore/kids.php

 

Science U

http://www.scienceu.com/

 

Streetplay

http://www.streetplay.com/

 

U.S. Historical Documents

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

 

Wired Success Story, p. 14

Technology Integration: Just in Time

www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/JIT

 

ExplorA-Pond

www.uen.org/utahlink/pond

 

Kids’ Corner, p. 15

Storyline Online

http://www.bookpals.net/storyline/index.html

 

Dinosphere    

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/dinosphere/index.html

 

Arty, the Part-Time Astronaut

http://www.artyastro.com/main.htm

 

AmericanPresident.org

http://www.americanpresident.org/

 

Science of Music

http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/exhibits/index.html

 

Feature Story, Gifted& Talented, pp 16–17

Kid Geniuses

www.newyorker.com/online/content/?040726on_onlineonly01

 

Saving the Smart Kids

www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,699423,00.html

 

A Nation Deceived

www.nationdeceived.org

 

Genius Denied

www.geniusdenied.com

 

Arnold Pulda: Differentiation in the Classroom

www.doctorgus.net/ClassroomDifferentiated.htm

 

A Different Place

www.adifferentplace.org

 

Gifted Students Need an Education, Too

cc.ysu.edu/~mkdove/educategiftedtoo.htm

 

Schoolwide Enrichment Model Curriculum Resources for Talented Development www.gifted.uconn.edu/tdsubjec.html

 

Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page

www.hoagiesgifted.org

 

Gifted 101: A Guide for First Time Visitors

www.hoagiesgifted.org/gifted_101.htm

 

TeachersFirst.com

www.teachersfirst.com/gifted.shtml

 

TeachersFirst.com: Annotated List of Books

www.teachersfirst.com/readlist.html

 

Connected Calendar, pp 18–19

JUNE

Hurricane Season

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml

 

Coronation Day

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page388.asp

 

Charles R. Drew

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/drew_c.htm

 

Tonga

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tn.html

 

Hot Air Balloons

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/science/history.html

 

Frank Lloyd Wright

http://www.franklloydwright.org/index.cfm?section=research&action=theman

 

Donald Duck

disney.go.com/vault/archives/characterstandard/donald/donald.html

 

Jeannette Rankin

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=121

 

Anne Frank

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/frank_a.htm

 

Harriet Beecher Stowe

http://www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org/stowe/

 

Arkansas

http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/educational_newcomer.html

 

Iceland

http://www.icelandtouristboard.com/facts.html

 

Watergate

watergate.info/nixon/resignation-letter.shtml

 

Lou Gehrig

http://www.lougehrig.com/about/bio.htm

 

Summer Solstice

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/summer.html&edu=elem

 

Croatia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia

 

Typewriter Day

http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/sholes/CLSholes.html

 

Korean War

http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/war/korea.htm

 

Helen Keller

http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp

 

Biscayne National Park

http://www.nps.gov/bisc/resource/cultural/index.htm

 

John Elway

http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=64

 

Kentucky

travel.ky.gov/facts_fun.aspx

 

JULY

 

Battle of Gettysburg

http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/pa002.htm

 

America the Beautiful

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/america.htm

 

Cape Verde

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/cv.htm

 

George W. Bush

http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html

 

Solomon Islands

http://www.mapsouthpacific.com/solomons/

 

Wall Street Journal

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal

 

E. B. White

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/white.html

 

Kristi Yamaguchi

http://www.hwwilson.com/currentbio/figuresk.html

 

Northwest Ordinance

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/h_indian/document/nword.shtml

 

Bastille Day

http://www.cstone.net/~bry-back/holidayfun/bastilleday.html

 

Harry Potter

http://www.jkrowling.com/

 

Disneyland

disneyland.disney.go.com/dlr/special/golden/index

 

Eve Merriam

http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=160

 

Moon Day

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11.html

 

Frances Folsom Cleveland

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/fc2224.html

 

Alexander Calder

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_26.html

 

Costa Rica

http://www.costarica-embassy.org/country/costarica.htm

 

New York

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/stfacts.html

 

Beatrix Potter

http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Potter.html

 

Peru

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pe.html

 

Henry Ford

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/#fmc

 

AUGUST

Colorado

http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm

 

Maria Mitchell

http://www.mmo.org/subcat.php?cat_id=1&subcat_id=2&art_id=12

 

Niger

http://www.nigerembassyusa.org/profile.html

 

Nelson Mandela

nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html

 

Burkina Faso

http://www.burkinaembassy-usa.org/inbrief.html

 

Titan Arum

http://www.news.wisc.edu/titanarum/facts.html

 

Marjorie Rawlings

http://www.literarytraveler.com/rawlings/rawlings.htm

 

The Smithsonian

http://www.si.edu/about/

 

Frederick Douglass

http://www.nps.gov/frdo/fdlife.htm

 

Missouri

sos.mo.gov/symbols/symbols.asp?symbol=aquatic

 

Annie Oakley

ohiobio.org/oakley.htm

 

Panama Canal

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/general/asi-es-el-canal.html

 

Steamboats

http://www.hrw.com/si/social/si_1790/si_inventors/

 

Roberto Clemente

http://www.robertoclemente21.com/

 

Bill Clinton

http://www.americanpresident.org/history/billclinton/

 

Little League

http://www.littleleague.org/history/

 

Kauai

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/hawaii.html

 

Vesuvius

volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html

 

Leonard Bernstein

http://www.leonardbernstein.com/lifeswork/biography/

 

Uruguay

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uy.html

 

John McCain

http://www.igpa.uiuc.edu/ethics/mccain-bio.htm

 

Supercroc

http://www.supercroc.com/about.htm

 

Eye Health

http://www.uniteforsight.org/kids/improve.php

 

Technology Tips, p. 20

Mozilla Firefox

www.mozilla.org

 

Google Toolbar

toolbar.google.com

 

Google Desktop Search

desktop.google.com

 

Picasa 2 Photo Organizer

www.picasa.com

 

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com

 

Adobe Reader 7.0

www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

 

SourceForge.net: PDFCreator

sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator

 

AVG Anti-Virus from Grisoft

free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

 

Free Avast! 4 Home Edition

avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

 

Lavasoft

www.lavasoftusa.com

 

Spybot Search and Destroy
beam.to/spybotsd

 

Webroot Software

www.webroot.com

 

Wikipedia

www.wikipedia.org

 

Photo Printers

www.winkflash.com

 

Global Projects, p. 21

Pole to Pole

 

 

International Children’s Digital Library

http://www.icdlbooks.org/

 

Global SchoolNet Collaborative Learning Center

http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/center/index.html

 

TechnoSpud Projects

http://www.technospudprojects.com/

 

Internet Activities, pp 22–23

USA Swimming

http://www.usaswimming.org/

 

USASwimmer.com

http://www.usaswimmer.com/

 

Australian Swimming: Profiles

http://www.swimming.org.au/profiles/profile.cfm

 

USA Diving

http://www.usdiving.org/

 

USA Synchro

http://www.usasynchro.org/about/history.htm

 

USA Water Polo: Kid’s Zone

usawaterpolo.org/index.php?customernumber=469742256841423&pr=Kids_Zone

 

Olympics: Aquatics

http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=AQ

 

Office of Boating Safety

http://www.uscgboating.org/ 

 

National Association of State Boating Law Administrators

http://www.nasbla.org/blas.htm

 

Go Boating!

http://www.boatingsidekicks.com/goboating.htm

 

American Red Cross: Water Safety Tips

http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/healthtips/safetywater.html

 

United States Lifesaving Association: Top Ten Safety Tips

http://www.usla.org/PublicInfo/safety.asp

 

Learn CPR

depts.washington.edu/learncpr/

 

ZOOM Activities Games: Water Balloon Race

pbskids.org/zoom/activities/games/waterballoonrace.html

 

Family Fun: Cool-off Games

http://familyfun.go.com/games/indoor-outdoor-games/specialfeature/sumagg_bythepool2/

 

The College Process

web.umr.edu/~eharlan/index.htm

 

College Guidance

http://www.powerprep.com/collguid.htm

 

The Career Key: Choosing a Career

http://www.careerkey.org/

 

Career Interest Checklist

http://www.learnmoreindiana.org/careers/inventories/Interest-Checklist.xml

 

The Princeton Review Career Quiz

http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/default.asp?menuID=0&careers=6

 

FastWeb: Scholarship Search

fastweb.monster.com/ib/finaid-21f

 

FinAid: the Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid

http://www.finaid.org/about/

 

Free Guide to All Government Grants, Scholarships and Loans for Students

http://www.fedmoney.org/

 

College Matchmaker: College Location

apps.collegeboard.com/search/adv_location.jsp

 

Universities by State

http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

 

Application Essay Writing 101

http://www.colleges.com/admissions/essays/

 

Carlton College: College Essay Tips

http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/essay/

 

College Admission Essay

http://www.baycongroup.com/education/ed_essay_01.htm